[gurps] Re: [Vehicle] TL8 "Pigeon"

[Eric Funk]

> TL8 Pigeon

> P&P: 4,400-kWs advanced battery, 0.966 sf solar cell [Vehicle], 0.3-kW
> ornithopter drivetrain (no access space) [Wings].

ok, 0.04kW from solar...

> Equipment
> All: modest sound baffling (-2 hearing modifier); self-sealing hull.
> Body: short range radio communicator (10-mile range; scrambler); LLTV
> (magnification x1); inertial compass; tiny robot brain (complexity 1,
> +0 DX; compact); thermograph (scan 7, 0.25-mile range); 40mm
> self-destruct (normal HE warhead; self destruct).

well, does it need this sound baffling/stealth?

/sealed/ as opposed to waterproof?

 
> Aerial Performance, backswept: Stall Speed 65 mph, Drag 0.048, Top
> Speed 215 mph, aAccel 0.7 mph/s, aMR 37, aSR 3, aDecel 150 mph/s.
> 
> Aerial Performance, outswept: Stall Speed 35 mph, Drag 0.048, Top
> Speed 110 mph, aAccel 0.7 mph/s, aMR 38, aSR 3, aDecel 150 mph/s.

 
> Operating Duration:  8 H 5 M 39 S.

ok, do you need this thing to be able to travel 1700 miles?


> Ceiling: 8,000 * ln(215 / 65) = 9,570 yards

are these things to be dropped or launched?

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Eric Funk
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